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>> one of biggest, disappointments of the romney candidacy is he is terrified of the far right wing and completely unwilling to stand up to them on anything. donald trump, why are we tauking to him now because he played with the yours truly of running for president. mitt romney is still terrified to cross them. that's why he felt like he had to take the endorsement, had to go with it. the timing could not be worse. >> you agree that? >> i do. when you get folks like rush limbaugh critiquing you. mitt romney understands in order to close the deal, he'sgoing to have to pander. i think he makes too many political faux pas. people are now critiquing you about whether or not you have any compassion about the poor or the fact that the middle class is becoming the poor. the next day you're standing side by side with donald trump. >> what does donald trump bring apart from a big mouth and big money? >> absolutely nothing. >> absolutely nothing? >> the tea party folks who like donald trump are still not going to come running to mitt romney because he is a massachusetts moderate and he goes with
>> one of biggest, disappointments of the romney candidacy is he is terrified of the far right wing and completely unwilling to stand up to them on anything. donald trump, why are we tauking to him now because he played with the yours truly of running for president. mitt romney is still terrified to cross them. that's why he felt like he had to take the endorsement, had to go with it. the timing could not be worse. >> you agree that? >> i do. when you get folks like rush...
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threw mitt romney under the bus. >> i knew you'd get it right. >> the internet is not mitt romney's friend because he can go out and say this was a big mistake now, but i can go out and find national review online, a conservative publication from a year ago that says romney applauds boehner plan. he's hailing john boehner for holding on and not increasing taxes and now at a convenient time a year later he's saying he thought that was a big mistake at the time. you can't have it both ways. he was for it before he was against it. >> julian, mitt romney can have it both ways, can't he? >> well, to parlay the metaphor, i think paul ryan probably feels like he was stropped to the roof of the campaign bus by mitt romney. let's get some facts straight. sequestration was the republican fail-safe for european-style job killing austerity that they wanted to impose in the context of the debt ceiling limitations. democrats never, ever wanted this hammer. republicans were in total for this fail-safe hammer. democrats weren't. now, it's one thing for mitt romney to take two different positions on
threw mitt romney under the bus. >> i knew you'd get it right. >> the internet is not mitt romney's friend because he can go out and say this was a big mistake now, but i can go out and find national review online, a conservative publication from a year ago that says romney applauds boehner plan. he's hailing john boehner for holding on and not increasing taxes and now at a convenient time a year later he's saying he thought that was a big mistake at the time. you can't have it both...
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>> right now, romney is being brand x. republicans, if you read even peggy noonan's column, they seem to be putting themselves in a win column, barring some big error on romney's part. he seems to be running more as a way to avoid unforced errors. offending as few new poem as possible and just being quiet and hoping for more bad economic news. >> ken, to joy's point, getting back to peggy noonan, she writes about romney, he's got to give up the applause line speeches and deliver substance. but isn't today just a perfect encapsulation of his problem? he has nothing to say aside from routine attacks about the pressing issue of immigration. he knows he's down something like 63%. he conceded 63% advantage to the president on latino voters and yet today of all days, he says nothing on the issue apart from a written statement. >> it is a little puzzling. >> puzzling, ken, it's almost a failure of his duty as a candidate. >> yeah, and certainly you know, it would seem that if you were going to make the decision, a calculated deci
>> right now, romney is being brand x. republicans, if you read even peggy noonan's column, they seem to be putting themselves in a win column, barring some big error on romney's part. he seems to be running more as a way to avoid unforced errors. offending as few new poem as possible and just being quiet and hoping for more bad economic news. >> ken, to joy's point, getting back to peggy noonan, she writes about romney, he's got to give up the applause line speeches and deliver...
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and i think that sort of is mitt romney sort of small as it were, right? like to not only do something so craven but to do it in a way that's not even helpful on a small scale. >> so was it purely a photo opportunity? was it purely for the sake of having people walk past him, hand him cans, and be on television? >> well, it almost has to be seeing as how the thing he was doing was not something that the red cross actually needed. and so it almost has to be purely for politics truly as a photo-op. >> karen, you wanted to add something to that. >> i wanted to say, martin, the thing is when you have a platform or an opportunity to communicate a message particularly in a time like this, i think it's incumbent on you to communicate what is the most effective, helpful thing. as a former governor i would think he would know that what the red cross needs in times like this is money and blood. of course, it is human nature to want to help your fellow americans that are in trouble and think i'll buy food or clothes. again, as we have been doing here on msnbc and i h
and i think that sort of is mitt romney sort of small as it were, right? like to not only do something so craven but to do it in a way that's not even helpful on a small scale. >> so was it purely a photo opportunity? was it purely for the sake of having people walk past him, hand him cans, and be on television? >> well, it almost has to be seeing as how the thing he was doing was not something that the red cross actually needed. and so it almost has to be purely for politics truly...
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you're right. >> it's horrendous. i spent the last four days down in florida on a tour talking with people down there. and that was the big complaint that everybody had. and i don't care who they were supporting. they were tired of the negative ads. they wanted candidates to start talking about what they are going to do and what the election means and what their plan is for 2013. nobody cares that anybody is lying. they all lie. what they want to know is what are you going to do. stop the bickering with each other. tell us what you're going to do. >> thank you so much. you just said they are both lying. that's what you said, didn't you? >> yeah. every politician lies. >> you agree there's a vast amount of lying by both the main candidates. >> i'm going to defend gingrich. mitt romney is lying about almost everything. >> come on, judson. >> i know something about lying. if mitt romney lies one more time, the florida bar association is going to investigate him. >> very quickly. how did gingrich go from doing so well in
you're right. >> it's horrendous. i spent the last four days down in florida on a tour talking with people down there. and that was the big complaint that everybody had. and i don't care who they were supporting. they were tired of the negative ads. they wanted candidates to start talking about what they are going to do and what the election means and what their plan is for 2013. nobody cares that anybody is lying. they all lie. what they want to know is what are you going to do. stop the...
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if he loses romney and ryan will crush his initiatives without remorse. that's right, isn't it? if you're a young person who is currently covered by health care, you can kiss that good-bye. if you're a young person who is relying on pel grants, you can kiss that good-bye. >> if you take mitt romney at his word, there's no way the industry will accept it unless you have a mandate which he also dislikes. his promises or at least the things he says he likes doesn't stack up with what he says he will deliver. to doug's point, if you think the reforms that this president and the last congress enacted are going to stop wall street thieving, you're smoking something that rolling stone probably understands very well. you know, this will not stop wall street thieving. the fact that wall street hates this president may be a feather in the cap for some progressives and maybe even this president, but there is nobody on wall street who really thinks for all the annoyance and for all the personal disruption to their social life that being called a fat cat entails, nothing has been solved. >>
if he loses romney and ryan will crush his initiatives without remorse. that's right, isn't it? if you're a young person who is currently covered by health care, you can kiss that good-bye. if you're a young person who is relying on pel grants, you can kiss that good-bye. >> if you take mitt romney at his word, there's no way the industry will accept it unless you have a mandate which he also dislikes. his promises or at least the things he says he likes doesn't stack up with what he says...
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i think the problem for mitt romney here is, look at ohio, right? talk about a dispute over jobs and facts and he is losing. if you go on twitter, i mean, i was doing romney ohio clips as the hash tag and the obama campaign and others were circulated today. not three, not five, but literally about 15 articles saying to mitt romney, you've got the economic plan wrong with your approach to jobs and the auto industry. and number two, equally important in a campaign, you're lying. stop lying to the people of ohio. >> dr. peterson, "the washington post" to are's point had an article entitled, mitt romney's campaign insults voters. through all the flip-flops there has been one consistency in the campaign of republican president nominee mitt romney, a contempt for the electorate. mr. rrm seems to be betting that voters have no memories, poor arithmetic skills and general inability to look behind the curtain. we hope the results tuesday prove him wrong. >> yeah, again, if we put that revenge comment in its proper context, part of what that revenge is about
i think the problem for mitt romney here is, look at ohio, right? talk about a dispute over jobs and facts and he is losing. if you go on twitter, i mean, i was doing romney ohio clips as the hash tag and the obama campaign and others were circulated today. not three, not five, but literally about 15 articles saying to mitt romney, you've got the economic plan wrong with your approach to jobs and the auto industry. and number two, equally important in a campaign, you're lying. stop lying to the...
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all right, rob, let's get right to it. traditionally, medicare is an issue that's been an advantage. it's not surprising that republicans with the ryan budget don't want to have this conversation cht but you've got the romney team that put out a new ad today, we'll talk about that. but you've also got the national republican campaign committee having put on this presentation with guidelines for candidates to try to decrease the advantage their democratic opponents would have and their video shows lessons learned from polling and previous races and my favorite part is, it says you should use third party validaters. credible ones like your mom. let's take a look at this candidate who did just that. >> he will protect medicare benefits for seniors now and in the future. >> i approve this message. >> me, too. >> thanks, mom. >> now, i'm going to cut to paul ryan talking about medicare this week. and then we'll talk about it. >> our point is we need to preserve their benefits because government made promises they've organized t
all right, rob, let's get right to it. traditionally, medicare is an issue that's been an advantage. it's not surprising that republicans with the ryan budget don't want to have this conversation cht but you've got the romney team that put out a new ad today, we'll talk about that. but you've also got the national republican campaign committee having put on this presentation with guidelines for candidates to try to decrease the advantage their democratic opponents would have and their video...
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mitt romney has said that if voters think the economy is moving in the right direction, they should vote for the president. well, that's beginning to happen now, isn't it? so would you vote for the president? >> well, certainly we're seeing a little bit of an optimistic upturn, which all of us are looking forward to with great expectations, i think. especially here in nevada. in december, we were at 12.6% unemployment. we have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. we're looking forward to some optimistic numbers. however, the cbo came out and said by year's end, we'll be back up to 8.9% nationwide. i don't know what that means for nevada. so, you know, when you say we have good news, i'm glad to hear it, but i'm still cautiously optimistic. i believe that the economy is looking better in spite of the policies of the president, not because of them. >> it's wonderful. at least you admit that. many of your friends and colleagues on capitol hill have done everything to oppose the president. when you were in the seat in the state assembly between 1998 and 2006, you voted no so frequentl
mitt romney has said that if voters think the economy is moving in the right direction, they should vote for the president. well, that's beginning to happen now, isn't it? so would you vote for the president? >> well, certainly we're seeing a little bit of an optimistic upturn, which all of us are looking forward to with great expectations, i think. especially here in nevada. in december, we were at 12.6% unemployment. we have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. we're looking...
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>> that's right. the best attack ad on romney is mitt romney. to pick up on michael and michelle's point, what is romney going to come with in the campaign to have a good showing? he can't talk about taxes with tacks being the lowest they have been in 50 years. he can't talk about medicaid and medicare because their policies are unpopular. he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a major gaffe, which he does on a weekly basis, even if he doesn't, what ammunition does he have to actually have a good showing? >> i'm told there are examples of elections turning on debates, president bush for example
>> that's right. the best attack ad on romney is mitt romney. to pick up on michael and michelle's point, what is romney going to come with in the campaign to have a good showing? he can't talk about taxes with tacks being the lowest they have been in 50 years. he can't talk about medicaid and medicare because their policies are unpopular. he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but...
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and right now, i don't know what mitt romney would do if he were faced with the same situation. a paul ryan budget is not the way to go about pulling a country that is still reeling from the effects of the 2008 financial crisis to pull it out, to go back into real sustained growth. >> romney offers that superficial sympathy for the poor but he is out getting some serious cash. he is outraised the president and the dnc 76.8 million to the president's $60 million. isn't the truth here that this time round, president obama is the financial underdog? he is not going to be able to match the money that mitt romney and all the super pacs will throw at this mediocre candidate. >> the key word there is super pac. what we're talking about today, we're measuring the am of money the campaigns and the parties work with the campaigns on the romney side and the obama side collected in may. 76 million for romney, 60 million for the president. when you throw on those millionaires out there, i can tell you, i can just imagine karl rove's first phone calls yesterday morning. to these folks saying
and right now, i don't know what mitt romney would do if he were faced with the same situation. a paul ryan budget is not the way to go about pulling a country that is still reeling from the effects of the 2008 financial crisis to pull it out, to go back into real sustained growth. >> romney offers that superficial sympathy for the poor but he is out getting some serious cash. he is outraised the president and the dnc 76.8 million to the president's $60 million. isn't the truth here that...
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he's right. and the name of that change is mitt romney. >> oh, yeah. nice one, mitt. for all this charisma, cash and conviction that the president will bring, right now mitt romney has another problem, his republican rival who is are doing the democrats work for them. let's get right to our panel now. davidç corn and goldie taylor. david, i want to start with you. the president has largely stayed above the fray. called the greatest food stamps president op all times by newt gingrich. is it fair to say that very soon all of this is going to be con fronted by perhaps one of the best political campaigners that this country has ever seen? >> i wouldn't say all of this lot because this lot is going to be very little come very soon. eventually, we're going to get to one candidate and that be will be mitt romney. i think the president is right not to gauge too directly with him at this point in time. as you saw in this clip, if you remember think back to 2008, the president is really a competitor. he's fierce. people think of that campaign set of a new agey feel good time
he's right. and the name of that change is mitt romney. >> oh, yeah. nice one, mitt. for all this charisma, cash and conviction that the president will bring, right now mitt romney has another problem, his republican rival who is are doing the democrats work for them. let's get right to our panel now. davidç corn and goldie taylor. david, i want to start with you. the president has largely stayed above the fray. called the greatest food stamps president op all times by newt gingrich. is...
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today he says there's no hope for romney unless he can dlare independents from the far right. does that mean no more appearances with pat robertson. >> i think it means no more appearances on fox news. they set that up for you martin. >> seriously, david. >> listen, you have rupert saying get away from the far right, and then you have voices like rush limbaugh and laura ingram saying, hey, you're not being conservative enough. so once again we see what krystal just alluded to, this tension within the republican party. i'm not making preductions now and i think anyone who gets upset or panics or are overly confident at this point in the game is a fool on either side. if mitt romney should happen to lose, you have the same old fight within the republican party between those who say, you know, he didn't go far enough to the right and those who say he was tarred too much by his lurch to the right in the primaries. >> okay. both of you, starting with you, krystal, i would like you to listen to laura ingram who is appealing to history. >> that reminds me of a lot of the stuff that w
today he says there's no hope for romney unless he can dlare independents from the far right. does that mean no more appearances with pat robertson. >> i think it means no more appearances on fox news. they set that up for you martin. >> seriously, david. >> listen, you have rupert saying get away from the far right, and then you have voices like rush limbaugh and laura ingram saying, hey, you're not being conservative enough. so once again we see what krystal just alluded to,...
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right now on a fairly solid course and i don't know what governor romney could do that differently. >> michael han lon from the brookings institute, thank you so much. >>> nbc's brian williams will sit down with mitt romney in london. look for this interview on "nbc nightly news." look for that. >>> next for you, the economy at home and abroad. you know what i love about this country? trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of those people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day, block the acid with prilosec otc.. and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas.
right now on a fairly solid course and i don't know what governor romney could do that differently. >> michael han lon from the brookings institute, thank you so much. >>> nbc's brian williams will sit down with mitt romney in london. look for this interview on "nbc nightly news." look for that. >>> next for you, the economy at home and abroad. you know what i love about this country? trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc....
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romney would like to take credit for all of those as well? is that right? >> i'm sure he would. the problem for mitt romney is the economy is getting better. consumer confidence is up. most people understand that. and so mitt romney all along the way, particularly over the last four or five months, has had to recalibrate his campaign. remember his campaign originally was based on the notion that the economy was in terrible shape, most people understood that and he was a better custodian of the economy. but as the economy has started to show signs of getting better and better, mitt romney has had to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks. he's taken to saying that, oh, well, mitt romney's responsible he says for the bailout of chrysler and gm. mitt romney says that the $716 billion that he wanted to take out of medicare is actually the $716 billion that barack obama is going to reduce medicare by. in other words, he is using up his air time and doing whatever he needs to do, saying whatever he needs to say in order to win some voters in one of the crassest displays of dup
romney would like to take credit for all of those as well? is that right? >> i'm sure he would. the problem for mitt romney is the economy is getting better. consumer confidence is up. most people understand that. and so mitt romney all along the way, particularly over the last four or five months, has had to recalibrate his campaign. remember his campaign originally was based on the notion that the economy was in terrible shape, most people understood that and he was a better custodian...
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i'm not sure the president is right. it seems to me if you spend millions of dollars in negative advertising, you produce the effects that mitt romney has seen against one newt gingrich. >> this is one of the classics of the examples of the success of attack ads. look at what happened in iowa. starting in early december, newt gingrich was at the to of the polls at 28%. he was number one and the romney super pac launched this relentless barrage of attack ads against him and a month later they cut gingrich's support in half. he came in 13% in the iowa caucuses. santorum and romney were neck and neck. that is a very good example of how attack ads, negative advertising is working in this election. >> thanks. >>> breaking news out of syria and iran and a region in turmoil. first, we have the cnbc market wrap. >> stocks are taking a breather. a bit of consolidation after four straight weeks of gains. some ongoing concerns over whether greece will accept the term offense bailout. with thatal iei still up 5% for 2012 being helpe
i'm not sure the president is right. it seems to me if you spend millions of dollars in negative advertising, you produce the effects that mitt romney has seen against one newt gingrich. >> this is one of the classics of the examples of the success of attack ads. look at what happened in iowa. starting in early december, newt gingrich was at the to of the polls at 28%. he was number one and the romney super pac launched this relentless barrage of attack ads against him and a month later...
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one would only hope that mitt romney would side with the consumers' right to know, with the families' right to know what's in the food we're eating and feeding our children. i would only add that there's been a lot said about mitt romney's transparency, and, quite frankly, he's a model of transparency compared to our food supply right now, and that's really what makes prop 37 and six simple words on a food label so consumers can make that choice for themselves so important. >> final question, todd, will you win? >> we're pulling out all the stops, martin. we've got more than a million families and consumers that signed onto a petition to get this on the ballot. basically every single faith, labor, environmental, consumer advocacy group is supporting this measure as well as some of the leading public health associations. the other side is trying to obfuscate, but, quite frankly, i think california consumers are smart and they want to know what's in their food. >> i totally agree. todd stanhouse, thank you, sir. and we'll be right back. >> thank you, martin. my doctor told me calcium is
one would only hope that mitt romney would side with the consumers' right to know, with the families' right to know what's in the food we're eating and feeding our children. i would only add that there's been a lot said about mitt romney's transparency, and, quite frankly, he's a model of transparency compared to our food supply right now, and that's really what makes prop 37 and six simple words on a food label so consumers can make that choice for themselves so important. >> final...
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if you thought that was good if that works for you, vote for mitt romney. >> right. clarence, numbers favor the president in ohio, unemployment down 3% from its recession high, thanks in part to the auto recovery. can he convince the rest of the country that his prescriptions will heal our economic troubles, if he's given more time? >> well, he has to do that in terms of doing what david suggested, draw contrast between himself and his vision of the future versus mitt romney and his vision, and tie mitt romney to the -- what bad news from the bush years that many in the public don't want to go back to, and tie him to the republican congress as well. you heard president obama doing a lot of that while governor romney was trying to make this a referendum on president obama himself and his performance in office, which gives a psychological advantage to him in terms of president obama came in with a tremendous exuberance that nobody could maintain that level of enthusiasm and so, he paints it as if president obama's been a failure whereas he has been quite successful in
if you thought that was good if that works for you, vote for mitt romney. >> right. clarence, numbers favor the president in ohio, unemployment down 3% from its recession high, thanks in part to the auto recovery. can he convince the rest of the country that his prescriptions will heal our economic troubles, if he's given more time? >> well, he has to do that in terms of doing what david suggested, draw contrast between himself and his vision of the future versus mitt romney and his...
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right now. martin. >> thank you. stay with us. the day's to top lines are coming up. >> it appears barack obama has failed to keep many of the campaigns promises his opponents made for him, including the incredibly specific ones. >> he's going to have an effort to eliminate speech for rush limbaugh. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen >>> you mess with the bull, you get the horns or sometimes you just step in it. here are today's top lines. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> welcome to the party governor. please define yourself using one word. >> cheerful. >> you ever a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> i'm real. >> congratulations. >> not once did anybody in the elite media ask why ba
right now. martin. >> thank you. stay with us. the day's to top lines are coming up. >> it appears barack obama has failed to keep many of the campaigns promises his opponents made for him, including the incredibly specific ones. >> he's going to have an effort to eliminate speech for rush limbaugh. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company...
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and also with mitt romney in texas, texas has an interesting issue going on right now, too. rick perry and his republican allies have essentially gotten into a pissing match for lack of a better term over funding for planned parent and over 100,000 low income texas women are in danger of losing access to any kind of well-woman preventative care. i'm very interested to see while he's on the ground there if he gets any questions about what's going on in texas because that's something that we've seen playing out at the federal level in terms of trying to defund planned parenthood and in state after state across the country. >> right. joe, mitt romney -- >> he's not going to get any questions at all because he's been so insulated from even the merest of questions at the rope line. a lot of people have been trying, a lot of reporters have been complaining they get virtually no access to the candidate. while that's not that surprising, certainly it helps to camouflage a lot of what mitt romney really thinks about these issues and it also has the effect of keeping him on script and
and also with mitt romney in texas, texas has an interesting issue going on right now, too. rick perry and his republican allies have essentially gotten into a pissing match for lack of a better term over funding for planned parent and over 100,000 low income texas women are in danger of losing access to any kind of well-woman preventative care. i'm very interested to see while he's on the ground there if he gets any questions about what's going on in texas because that's something that we've...
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board tax cut. >> right. which has to mean a tax increase for the middle class. it's the only way to pay for it if you want it to be revenue neutral. he can't make the argument about the economy because as we've said, he'll try to make the argument that obama has been an infective steward. we're now protected to be a positive three. that's a 12% positive swing since he came in as president. and it's just hard to see where romney goes on the economy because obama has got a good answer. he can't go anywhere on taxes because his proposal has got to mean a middle income -- middle class tax increase. he can't go anywhere on medicare because they're losing the argument badly, particularly in ohio and florida on medicare. that's a big reason why the numbers have flipped in those two states because seniors have moved over to the obama -- >> karen? >> i was going to say the other thing, to julian's point, it's a debate which means unlike the debates that mitt romney did earlier this year where you have maybe 30 second
board tax cut. >> right. which has to mean a tax increase for the middle class. it's the only way to pay for it if you want it to be revenue neutral. he can't make the argument about the economy because as we've said, he'll try to make the argument that obama has been an infective steward. we're now protected to be a positive three. that's a 12% positive swing since he came in as president. and it's just hard to see where romney goes on the economy because obama has got a good answer. he...
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remember, you can catch full coverage of tonight's debate here, right here, on msnbc. >>> next, can romney explain tonight how his tax policies will help the working poor? can the president? stay with us. hello, what do you know about these? well the furby can actually dance to your kids' music... my kids have a lot of music. and the itikes discover map has this cool 3d iphone app. they'd be so happy if i could get both. well, you could put them on layaway and pay a little at a time. done, and done! he shoots... he scores!!! touchdown!! [ imitates crowd cheering ] strike! [ male announcer ] shop now. get the hottest toys on your list today, like furby and the itikes discover map... then put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. walmart. then put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. very sore looking kinda blistery. it was like a red rash... like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation until i had the shingles. i remember it well. i was in the back yard doing yard work. i had thi
remember, you can catch full coverage of tonight's debate here, right here, on msnbc. >>> next, can romney explain tonight how his tax policies will help the working poor? can the president? stay with us. hello, what do you know about these? well the furby can actually dance to your kids' music... my kids have a lot of music. and the itikes discover map has this cool 3d iphone app. they'd be so happy if i could get both. well, you could put them on layaway and pay a little at a time....
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right go after mitt and his money. wait a second. which party is being accused of class warfare again. >> if you are for european socialism, you're with barack obama. >> right. so democrats are the ones using class warfare. maybe romney isn't as cleaver as newt, no one is, but he's not operating beneath a well of sleaze as these new romney campaign mailers allege. let's face facts with king gingrich, you never have the peace of mind that you've gotten to the bottom of his sleaze. newt gingrich, unethical,er rattic, reckless. they may be exactly what the conservative base wants to go up against the president. someone who will say anything, do anything. perhaps not someone not like mitt romney who offers his version of fired up today in jacksonville. >> now we're getting ready for another debate tonight, i can't wait. it's going to be fun again. we're going to have choice times talking about the president and his failures. if y'all can get there, we'd love to see you there. no tickets. just storm in. >> i'm sure they be
right go after mitt and his money. wait a second. which party is being accused of class warfare again. >> if you are for european socialism, you're with barack obama. >> right. so democrats are the ones using class warfare. maybe romney isn't as cleaver as newt, no one is, but he's not operating beneath a well of sleaze as these new romney campaign mailers allege. let's face facts with king gingrich, you never have the peace of mind that you've gotten to the bottom of his sleaze....
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>> right. >> if you look at it today you'll see mr. romney's lead cut in about half. he's only up by three points, and what do you make of the new "time" magazine poll showing the president ahead in ohio by five points? >> martin, quite frankly i am polled out. >> oh! >> reporter: there are so many polls. he's up. he's down. that one's up, that one's down. who do you believe? they're oversampling this one, undersampling that one. i mean, the fact that the president has sliced in half mitt romney's lead in the gallup poll have people behind me feeling good in terms of that one poll but when you talk to the people here and you talk to people out in the field, they know that, and have always known that this is going to be a close race, and that they can't let one poll or a series of polls distract them from what they really need to do, and that is to get people out to vote either early or get them to vote on election day. >> okay, i want to put something to both of you that's equally delusional, and that is florida congressman alan west who has produced something that yo
>> right. >> if you look at it today you'll see mr. romney's lead cut in about half. he's only up by three points, and what do you make of the new "time" magazine poll showing the president ahead in ohio by five points? >> martin, quite frankly i am polled out. >> oh! >> reporter: there are so many polls. he's up. he's down. that one's up, that one's down. who do you believe? they're oversampling this one, undersampling that one. i mean, the fact that the...
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president romney begins order to replace health care with common sense health care reform. >> right. he'll lay that pipe if he has to do it himself. he eat cut tacks for his 1% peers and replace the president's health care plan with a big fat question mark. of course, that milk toast mitt is quite different from some in the conservative base would like to see dominating this campaign. the attack dog that crushed his primary rivals, in their dreams, it's romney versus the reverend jeremiah wright portrayed as the crafty svengali. the defeat of barack hussein obama. and while mitt romney made like the road runner scrambling from the ad scream like it was why lee e. coyote, he was crushed. >> it is fair if someone wants to highlight the reverend jeremiah right and his relationship with president obama because, quite frankly, it wasn't highlighted enough in 2008 when he was running the first time. >> mccain was crazy not to bring it up. not a matter of exploiting it. it was a legitimate issue. >> this is the truth about the mindset that he developed. you know what? i think for governor r
president romney begins order to replace health care with common sense health care reform. >> right. he'll lay that pipe if he has to do it himself. he eat cut tacks for his 1% peers and replace the president's health care plan with a big fat question mark. of course, that milk toast mitt is quite different from some in the conservative base would like to see dominating this campaign. the attack dog that crushed his primary rivals, in their dreams, it's romney versus the reverend jeremiah...
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i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling statistic out there. if you compare the exit polls from 2008 with the gallup polls from right now. if you look at the regional breakdown -- >> you mean the gallup tracking poll. >> if you look at the regional breakdown, in 2008 in the south, in the exit poll, it was even, obama versus mccain. today in that gallup tracking poll, it's a 22-point lead for mitt romney. so i think what you've seen is almost -- it looks like there's been an explosion of anti-obama sentiment in very, very red states which might be inflating romney's standing in that national horse race but then you start looking at those battleground states and it's a different story. >> clarence, romney may have lost this election when gm filed for chapter 11 on june the 1st, 2009, and the government, as you know, provided up to $30 billion in financing. i have to say when i watched romney last night, i thought he delivered the most sophisticated lie of this election when he suggested a
i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling statistic out there. if you compare the exit polls from 2008 with the gallup polls from right now. if you look at the regional breakdown -- >> you mean the gallup tracking poll. >> if you look at the regional breakdown, in 2008 in the south, in the exit poll, it was even, obama versus mccain. today in that gallup tracking poll, it's a 22-point lead for mitt romney. so i...
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next, the president on the road again, as mitt romney campaigns right now with an aircraft carrier in the background. so who has the upper hand today? stay with us. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supp
next, the president on the road again, as mitt romney campaigns right now with an aircraft carrier in the background. so who has the upper hand today? stay with us. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. that's a good thing, but it doesn't...
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romney. let's get right to our panel. msnbc political analyst is a columnist of bloomberg view. editor at large, joan walsh is with us and author of the new book, what's the matter with white people? a fabulous title. and professor james peterson, blogger for the huffington post and esteemed academic. welcome to all of you. professor peterson, i've always believed the only difference between donald trump and mitt romney is their hair stylist. and this outburst by mr. romney proves it, doesn't it? >> it sure does. striking, shocking, it certainly shows the desperation of the campaign. we have asked mr. romney repeatedly for him to show us his taxes. so instead of making jokes about birtherism, he could get on to the business of that. but this shows you the desperation of this campaign. what we're basically seeing is the campaign needs to make some points and head waves with white male working class voters. michigan is a good place for them to do that. we're not making any movement with the dust up this week. no movement with latino voters and zero for african-american voters. so
romney. let's get right to our panel. msnbc political analyst is a columnist of bloomberg view. editor at large, joan walsh is with us and author of the new book, what's the matter with white people? a fabulous title. and professor james peterson, blogger for the huffington post and esteemed academic. welcome to all of you. professor peterson, i've always believed the only difference between donald trump and mitt romney is their hair stylist. and this outburst by mr. romney proves it, doesn't...